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The use of prescribed fire in the management of pine forests is common throughout much of the South, but one recurring problem that worries the forest landowner is not having enough suitable burning weather to satisfactorily complete all scheduled fires. Being able to burn areas considerably faster, without causing undue damage, could be a solution.

The principle findings of the 2009 forest survey in the State of Georgia and changes that have occurred since previous surveys are presented. There are 24.8 million acres of forest in Georgia. Over 65 percent of the State is forested, with all survey units having more forest land than nonforest land. Georgiaâs forest resources are not only considerable, they have been...

Fourteen seed sources of Pinus palustrisfrom Georgia, 5 from Florida, and 1 from Alabama were grown at five locations in Georgia and at two in Florida. Results through the 15th year show: (1) survival and early height growth were best for the northern sources; (2) individual stand or seed source contributed strongly to the components of variation; (3) the seed source x...

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Georgia based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly....

Annual growth exceeded removals in this 43-county area by 219 million cubic feet, or 73 percent. Southern yellow pines account for about 61 percent of this surplus growth. The average annual growth rate for Central Georgia is 68 cubic feet per acre of-commercial forest land, substantially higher than that found in either Southeast or Southwest Georgia. The area of...

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Georgia based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly....

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Georgia based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, the Southern Research Station (SRS) in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated...

Estimates derived from 1962 and 1967 State regulatory records indicate that as many as 53,000 treatments for wood-destroying beetles were performed in 11 Southern States in 1970. Cost of these treatments was probably about $4.9 million. With inflation and the fact that beetles can no longer be treated in combination with termite treatments, 1976 losses were estimated...

Georgiaâs 24.7 million acres of forest are a diverse mix of hardwood and softwoodÂ tree species typical of the South. Hardwood forests account for 53 percent of theÂ forested area versus 45 percent for softwood types, with balance in mixed forests.Â Georgiaâs forest resources are considerable and increasing. The rate at which theÂ State gained forest land acreage from...

This study maps the spatial and temporal evolution of acres irrigated in the Coastal Plain of Georgia over a 38 year period. The goal of this analysis is to create a time-series of irrigated areas in the Coastal Plain of Georgia at a sub-county level. From 1976 through 2013, Landsat images were obtained and sampled at four year intervals to manually...

The survey of Georgia's forests reported here was completed in August 1961. It is the third in a series conducted by the U. S. Forest Service. The first was completed in 1936 and the second in 1953. Comparisons between the three surveys show significant changes taking place in the timber supply outlook.

The purpose of this paper is to consolidate avilable information on several important browse plants of the Georgia coastal plain so that their value and over-all contribution to cattle feed can be more fully assessed and compared to other kinds of forage. Numerous observation and notes pertaining to cattle diet were accumulated in the vicinity of the Alapaha...

The fourth survey of Georgia's timber resource, completed in November 1972, shows improved timber supplies across most of the State since 1961. Inventory volume increased from 19.6 to 25.3 billion cubic feet, or by 29 percent. A group of counties south of the Altamaha river in Southeast Georgia was the only extensive area which experienced a reduction in timber...

This pilot study assessed the role of Georgia State Parks in the promotion of physical activity among different racial/ethnic and age groups. Data were collected at three state parks in north Georgia during the summer of 2009 using two research methods: behavior observations (N=2281) and intercept surveys (N=473).

Following tests in the coastal plain and Piedmont of Georgia (Moore et al. 1960), a procedure was developed and used to assess browse resources in 21 counties of north Georgia involving a total land area of approximately 4 million acres (fig. 1). Although the Forest Survey is designed primarily to yield information on timber, it also provides an excellent sampling...

Eastern hemlock, Tsuga Canadensis (L.) Carriere, and Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana Engelmann, provide unique habitat that is threatended by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand, which arrived in Georgia in 2003. In an attempt to conserve a portion of the mature hemlocks in north...

This science update provides an overview of invasive plants found in forests of the State of Georgia based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program at the Southern Research Station (SRS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. These estimates and coverage maps...

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Georgia based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly....

The U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program conducts the National Woodland Owner Survey in order to better understand: who owns America's forests, why they own it, what they have done with it in the past, and what they intend to do with it in the future. This document summarizes data on family forest ownerships with 10+ acres in Georgia. These...

This report highlights the principal findings of the fifth forest survey of southwest Georgia, Fieldwork began in May 1980 and was completed in November 1980. Four previous surveys, completed in 1938, 1951, 1960, 1971, provide statistics for measuring changes and trends over the past 47 years. The primary emphasis in this report is on the changes and trends since 1971...